>> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. 4:59 now. i'm laura garcia cannon. >> i'm john kelly. great thursday morning. >> we'll make it great. >> that's what we do. let's check weather now. christine? >> want to make it greater? >> i do. >> get it done early. it's going to rain later on today. right now we're getting some of the best weather of the day. sad to say in places like napa. 35 in santa rosa. 39 in gilroy. we'll get colder as the days pass over the next 72 hours. get ready. we'll talk about the rain arriving at your doorstep. first the drive with mike. >> the ride for the bart system, no delays for the system as it gets rolling but they have the 14th and the ogala entrances and exits off the civil center

station closed for service. you can get off in downtown oakland but not at the plaza and 14th because of a lot of activity. >> exactly. it continues to be developing news. in fact, this morning mayhem on the streets of oakland last night after occupy general strike protests got out of hand. today in the bay's kristy smith joins us live in oakland where dozens were arrested after what was supposed to be a peaceful protest in downtown oakland turned violent. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. right now most of the people wandering around the streets near 14th and broadway when we first got here even in some cases face to face with all the police officers here, they have taken off. it's mostly quiet now. what we have left here is a lot of graffiti and i mean a lot on pretty much every corner that we see around the plaza. this is 14th and broadway. if steve can pan over on the rite-aid building there is more

graffiti going down the street and across the street. what we are hearing though is, you know, what happened is that this was not in line with the general strike is what the occupy oakland protesters are saying. this demonstration was peaceful, brought in thousands of demonstrators to downtown oakland and the port to draw attention to economic inequality. overnight a splinter group broke off and police say they set fires and took over a vacant building near the plaza. one officer tells me that they threw bottles and rocks and even lit flares at officers and refused to leave the area. officers said they did deploy teargas overnight. this morning what really stands out is that some of the occupy oakland demonstrators are telling us that this really doesn't represent them at all. they are out here cleaning it up. >> you know, there are a lot of ideals. some people are angry and frustrated. sadly the aggression inside of

them is being let out the wrong way. we need to come in peacefully and try and get everyone to see we are just normal people like everyone else. you know, not just a rag tag bunch of crazies or something which is what they want it to seem like. >> reporter: i spoke with oakland police. they are still trying to tell me how many people were arrested overnight. it could be 60 is what one officer told me, maybe more. several windows on broadway are broken. but the demonstrators who are still out here are helping. they are taping up signs saying this doesn't represent them. they have brooms and cleaning fluids and trying to clean it up. they want to keep the movement going and don't want it marred by this. back to you. >> interesting to see what's to come as well. >> demonstrators were peaceful

but this morning some business owners right now assessing all the damage from last night. some protesters turned anger toward banks that didn't close yesterday. defacing atms, pounding on front doors and destroying front windows. nine branchs in oakland for wells fargo and only one was closed. protesters spray painted walls at a whole foods store forcing the market to close up shop. >> protesters have been taken into custody for violating curfew laws with late night demonstrations. according to occupy activists, most of them are expected to demand jury trials instead of paying fines and going home. if that happens, the cases could place a major strain on the court system. >> it's 5:04 now. new video and witness testimony is set to be released in the growing san francisco police misconduct scandal.

the public defender's office said the latest video shows warrantless searches, theft and falsified reports. this is video released in may that allegedly shows two officers stealing items after a drug bust. the fbi also looking into the charges of misconduct. 14 officers are still on the job. they are off of the plain clothes patrol. more than 100 cases have been thrown out since the investigation began. home invasion robbery has south bay deputies looking for two men this morning. santa clara county deputies say the men barged into a home on howell avenue in gilroy yesterday morning. one of them was armed with a handgun. a house cleaner was in the home at the time. the men did steal several items but they did not hurt the woman. this is a sketch of one of the suspects. one man described as white, six feet tall and 180 pounds. the other man, latino, 5'6", 150

pounds. >> another hit on the obama administration regarding the collapse of solyndra. a house panel has a big decision to make today. it's just the latest development in the investigation into the failed fremont solar kane. thousand more details. good morning, marla. >> less than an hour from now a house panel will vote on whether to subpoena white house documents related to solyndra. republicans in the house energy and commerce subcommittee say they have no other choice. they say it's necessary because the white house has denied or delayed requests for thousands of documents. a subcommittee chairman said, quote, we have exercised extraordinary restraint and patience these last eight months in the face of an administration that has fought our efforts to protect taxpayers every step of the way. the energy department says it is cooperating with the investigation. in fact, just yesterday it provided 1,200 pages of documents to investigators.

in the last week, more than 15,000 pages. yesterday's documents included interesting details of the energy department paid an investment banking firm a million dollars to analyze the solar company before its collapse and before it received the half billion dollar federal lone. the fi -- loan. the firm advised the company it was certain to fail without an infusion of cash. the energy company didn't follow the advice. two weeks later solyndra shut its doors on august 31. just yesterday the company auction kicked off selling everything from laptops to monitors to heat guns. politico reports the hottest selling item is the $18 solyndra t-shirt. in the meantime, we are going to be watching the house panel and the decision on whether or not to subpoena white house documents. that's happening at 6:00 this morning. laura? >> very interesting. one to watch.

thank you. >> it is friday eve, that's the good news. but it will be a funky, freaky, cold weekend. give you a reason to justify watching tv on the couch which is what i do on the weekends. looking good now. you saw the crystal clear start over the bay bridge. temperatures are cold and the system is coming in. it doesn't look like it's packing a lot of moisture. it's packing very, very cold air. you're at 35 degrees in santa rosa. look what's to come. 20 degrees cooler now than 24 hours in napa. this is what's headed our way. all the pockets of clouds here. this is an indication of an extremely cold air mass that will dip into the bay area throughout the day today. this is the associated cold front. it's weak. when we see deep bands we are talking moisture. moisture possible of one inch or more accumulation. we are expecting a quarter inch at best. i'll show you where the front is now.

it starts to slide to the south. you can see the clouds increasing ahead of the front. winds first and the rain arrives by 9:00 a.m. in the north bay. between 9:00 and 1:00 showers slide south of the golden gate bridge. between 11::00 and h showers in the south bay. then showers through 5:00 a.m. and the cold blast moves in. saturday morning we're talking one of the coldest mornings we have had in months. 62 in redwood city. 67 in san jose. temperatures down by 10 to 15 degrees from yesterday's highs. i have the 7-day outlook. there is more rain on the way coming up. let's get you to work on time. mike? >> a warning for folks through oakland hills. highway 13 south is completely closed. broadway terrace to moraga avenue.

the crew may be on scene for another 45 minutes changing an overhead sign. they did it through one section tonight and another nearby section tomorrow. construction in berkeley cleared from powell the off ramp re-opened. the east shore freeway moving at the limit. oakland past the colosseum, the live shot shows traffic moving smoothly with headlights southbound. fru fruitvale to the colosseum, construction is clearing. >> a local tech pioneer honored at the white house today. dale dougherty developed the first commercial website coining the phrase web 2.0 and even raises lambs on his farm north of san francisco. i'm not sure how those tie together. a renaissance man.

he's being honored as a champion of change at the white house as part of a make it in america event aimed to bring together american leaders creating high quality jobs in the u.s. >> cool. this morning, several starving penguins rescued in south america will call san francisco home. the six penguins were among a group of 373 that were saved from the shores of brazil back in 2008. they were deemed nonreleasable back into the wild and were donated to the san francisco zoo. with the new additions the zoo will have 51 birds, the largest colony in captivity in the world. scientists believe commercial fishing and climate change forced the penguins to travel beyond their normal habitat. but now calling san francisco home. not bad. >> every time i see penguins what movie do you think of? >> "happy feet"? >> yeah. there's a new one, too. and they know how to dance. dog owners beware. there is a possible outbreak at

an east bay dog park. details next. >> and police busted up a bay area robbery ring that targeted a number of stores over the past few months. >> some senior citizens now proud owners of the nation's highest civilian honor. >> after the latest news, traffic and weather and some good conversation. >> oh, yeah. >> find us on facebook at nbc bay area. we'll log onnow, john. >> feel-good conversation. ♪

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school night ideas made easy. welcome back, everyone. live look outside hp pavilion where the sharks play. they play the penguins. get online and get some penguins. >> i wouldn't mind. this is a story that makes you go hmm. hospitals in illinois report a surge in babies being born.

it could be possibly blamed on the snow. all that jack frost is a bad boy. nine months ago a blizzard swept through the state forcing people to stay home reporting to what we call intimate indoor activities. >> don't people watch tv anymore? >> i like this choice. people report a so-called blizzard baby boom. a hospital in peoria said there were 60 births last week, more than double the usual amount. >> it's all timing out. we're not getting snow but we'll get rain. >> no, we'll get snow. >> in the higher elevations? >> oh, mt. hamilton, a dusting. >> that's it. >> but it counts. >> sure. >> no heavy accumulation. we are talking snow at elevations down to 3,000 feet which is really, really low for this early in the season. your temperatures are cool this morning. 35 degrees in santa rosa. 39 in napa.

expecting to drop off throughout the morning hours. our weather maker starts to slide to the south throughout the day today, but this, the core is what we're watching for you. that's packing extremely cold air. that will move into the bay area through friday night into saturday morning. now you can see we are still dry. clouds increasing ahead of the front. winds picking up as well. we don't expect the major rainfall to start until 1:00 p.m. we'll have the extended forecast coming up. first a check of the roads with mike. >> all right. let's look out here. no problems here through pittsburgh bay point in concord but the 62 is slow. no major issues for 4 through antioch off the bridge where the construction zone is clearing. northbound 680 shows slowing out of alamo into walnut creek. this crew is clearing. that's why you are seeing this slow down. we'll track it. 580 shows a 14-minute drive and no problems.

over to the dublin interchange through livermore and pleasanton peninsula. top two numbers into san mateo from the south or north, close to the limit and the peninsula is incident-free. a live look at the golden gate bridge shows you traffic, a clear view and a clear drive across the bridge toward the golden gate. easy, breezy. >> president obama in france this morning for the g-20 summit. the president was greeted by french president nicolas sarkozy who was hosting the event. the big topic this week will be europe's debt crisis. what happens in greece and the rest of europe already a big impact on what happens to america's economy. so for a look at the rest of the news before the bell, let's go to bertha coombs. good morning. >> good morning, john. we have a slew of headlines out of athens.

the g20 is being hijacked by what's a crisis now in greece. crisis is a greek word, in fact. the government at the moment in an emergency cabinet meeting. it's not clear if the prime minister, george papandreou, whether he will survive, the government will survive, what will happen with the controversial referendum he announced yesterday to vote on whether greeks want to accept austerity measures for a bailout. the headlines going back and forth. the futures now are positive for the moment. the feeling is there won't be a referendum vote. we have seen gold prices spike as people worry about what happens if we see greece default because of the confusion. that said, we did have a strong day yesterday after the fed left rates unchanged and said they will continue to try to prop up the economy. the dow rose to 11,836. the nasdaq rose 33 to 2639. we are getting reports from retailers for october sales.

they are coming in mixed, a lot of them blaming the weather. sales were forecast up about 4.5% overall. looks like we won't meet that. it was warmer the beginning of october which may have had shoppers delay buying coats and other winter things. last weekend's snowstorm on the east coast kept people away from the malls. the annual running of the brides, a big retail event, looks like it is no more. the venerable filene's basement filed for bankruptcy for the third time in ten years. looks like the store could close for good. retailers owned by the chain store syms which also filed chapter 11. they have been in business since the 1950s. it put itself up for sale but hasn't found a buyer. they will liquidate inventory. they are shutting doors by the end of january. they operate on the east coast.

this is so sad. i grew up in boston and the flagship store is where i learned bargain hunting with my mom. it was great fun. even that building, they took down the building. the flagship store is no more. it's the end of an era. >> a lot of hearts will be broken that the running of the brides won't happen. it's like an olympic event. >> it really is. hopefully somebody else will take it up. you know, some of the other discounters somewhere. it really is a great thing for brides, if you can get a gown for $200. >> if you get out alive. bertha coombs, thank you very much. >> some bay area men are the newest americans to hold the nation's highest civilian honor -- the congressional gold medal. japanese-american military units were honored yesterday, nearly 70 years after serving the u.s. in world war ii. lawmakers presented the awards to members of three special units. dan inoway from the 442nd regiment accepted the honor on

behalf of 19,000 japanese-americans who served during world war ii. senator barbara boxer addressed the personal conflict each man faced. >> you fought world war ii on two fronts. as president harry truman said, and i quote, you fought not only the enemy, you fought prejudice and you won. >> while the soldiers were risking their lives over seas their own families were confined in internment camps here in the u.s. >> the time is 5:2 1. police say they busted up a ron robbery ring. police arrived on monument boulevard after a 7-11 was ripped off just in time to see three men run out firing a handgun jumping into a car and speeding off. police did give chase, caught up to the car. they say the three teens jumped out and ran but the cops were able to catch them. officers think the teens were part of a ring that's robbed

more than a dozen stores in the county over the past few months. >> it's 5:21. a popular dog park is closed due to a health scare. danville closed the park at hap mcgee ranch park. a dog with parvo virus played this this week. it is a highly contagious disease spread through dog waste. the park will re-open on saturday. >> 5:22 now. coming up, a bay area holiday tradition saved from budget chopping block. >> and somebody's messing with googleem maps d wroblit w with the apple iphone 4snchts. [people chatting] everyone, it's $37 a piece. paying with your smart phone instead of cash.

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welcome back. we are proud to report one of the south bay traditions will go on. people in san jose rallying to

raise $40,000 to make sure christmas in the park will be around again. the holiday event has entertained families for 30 years now. it was in jeopardy of shutting down because of san jose's budget troubles. local sponsors stepped up. while christmas in the park was saved the san jose holiday parade will not be back. it was one of the biggest parades -- we are getting groans in here. it was one of the biggest in the nation. >> we were going to have you in the parade for the first time. >> sit in the car. >> we'll drive in the back of your car. >> mike will just drive around downtown in the convertible. >> sometimes we do that looking for friends. it's 5:25 now. protesters in oakland wanted to -- want it known as oscar grant plaza. for a few minutes they got google to agree with them. >> this is the latest trick among people es spousing a viewpoint. change google maps to reflect

your side of the story. for a while occupiers changed in name in google maps. googles allows users to suggest changes using a tool called google map maker. a little like wikipedia. sometimes unauthorized changes sneak through. this happens fairly often. google tries to look out for it. in contested kashmir, one side will rename it indian kashmir and then it becomes pakistani kashmir and so on. it shows how politically important the name or a line on a map can be, even if it's a totally unofficial map. you have to hand it to the fed. they are consistent. once again the federal open market committee made predictions about the future. they are grim. normal levels of employment not coming until 2014 at the earliest. this will make the tea party and occupiers happy. the fed won't take steps to help saying the economy is recovering on its own slowly.

greek leaders meeting to discuss whether to back off the plan to hold a referendum. the greek prime minister said his country may not actually adopt the european union's rules in order to save itself from bankruptcy. also new this morning, france and germany told greece they can leave the euro if it wants to. that's huge like washington inviting california to leave the dollar so that the united states doesn't have to pay off our debt. that's enormous. >> we'll be watching closely. john? >> it's 5:27 now. still to come on "today in the bay" a school district talking to parents about safety after a string of threats on campus. >> reporter: we're live in oakland where protesters, even at this hour, are already trying to shut down the nation's fifth largest port. we'll update you on the latest coming up. >> it's time to put away the short sleeves and tank tops and break out the winter coats. we've got a mean winter storm on the way.

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new this morning it was a peaceful day of protest in downtown oakland and at the port. then overnight a splinter group of vandals broke off, broke windows and spray painted downtown. i'm kristy smith. i'll show you the damage and what demonstrators are doing about it, coming up in a live report. >> plus, how you can weigh in on the police response to the recent protests in oakland. >> taking a live look outside, beautiful day bridge. >> announcer: from nbc bay area, reporting what matters to you, this is "today in the bay". >> you sound excited about that. >> thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia cannon. >> good morning. i'm john kelly.

let's check in with the woman who tells us what's happening with the rain, et cetera. >> you have two choices. grab the umbrella and take it with you or get wet later today because the showers are moving in to northern california as we speak. on top of that, we are one degree away from freezing in santa rosa. 33 degrees up there. we expect the upper 20s as we head through the weekend as your overnight lows fall very cold. temperatures this morning are chilly. take your umbrella out the front door. we'll track the showers, let you know when they come. first, what's happening on the roads. the calm before the storm, mike. >> we have better news before the commute as well. highway 13 has re-opened after the closure overnight. they are changing the sign overhead. a similar area closed tonight. highway 24 the tunnel, all open after overnight maintenance work there. good news. >> it's great news. thanks. >> thank you very much. protesters and police squaring off in oakland during the early

morning. the strike was peaceful for most of the day anyway, but some protesters eventually got confrontational. look at the cell phone video of a mercedes trying to get through 11th and broadway intersection. two protesters start banging on the hood. the car swerves, tries to get away but eventually hits two people. fortunately both suffered nonlife threatening injuries. overnight police arrested dozens of demonstrators. today in the bay's kristy smith joined us live with the latest on what's happening this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. the crowd of people walking around the streets when we first arrived have all dispersed. it's startling when you see the graffiti, the handful of broken windows downtown. this is a coffee shop near frank ogala plaza. a plate glass window broken overnight.

what stands out is what some of the occupy oakland protesters are doing. they are putting up pallets and the sign "actions not done by the people." if we can walk around to this side over here i want to show you what some of the demonstrators are doing. they are saying this is a splinter group. it was really not what their message was. what people are doing here is they brought their own cleaning fluids and they are basically cleaning up all the spray paint that goes for several blocks here around the plaza. i want to show you video of what happened overnight when a splinter group broke off from the main group. they broke windows downtown and oakland police are saying that they actually took over a vacant building near frank ogala plaza. at one point faced off with police. police had to call for backup. they are saying they threw lit flares at them, bottles and rocks, that sort of thing. refused to disperse.

police did deploy teargas. they say at least 60 people, maybe more, were arrested. at this point, this is what we are seeing. they say despite the vandalism, graffiti, they are out here trying to clean it up saying it really didn't have anything to do with their message of financial inequality. that's what we have from here. reporting live in oakland, back to you. >> the sad by product is the small businesses are taking the brunt of that. thank you very much. >> meantime, john, protesters are back at the port of oakland this morning. thousands of demonstrators declared victory after they shut down the nation's fifth busiest shipping port. workers want to get back to business. but will the protesters let them? bob ridell has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. we are not quite sure if the

port will re-open today. not if the protesters have anything to say. what they are doing now is they are trying to shut down some of the key intersections that allow trucks into the port. they have already shut down 3rd and adeline. they found chain link fence and put it around the intersection. and dumpsters tipped over. and here at 7th they had cones and they were doing this. look at the video. they were putting their own bodies in front of vehicles, standing in front of cars begging the drivers not to go in. they just gave up on that though because some of the drivers were so frustrated they were running over cones and going in. they are moving to another location. this is an incident that happened when we arrived about 30 minutes ago. take a look. >> -- 24 hours. >> i'm coming through.

i'm trying to earn a day's living. >> i understand, sir. >> you don't speak for me. >> reporter: that was one driver expressing frustration to one of the protesters. the protesters are trying to shut down the port, the nation's fifth largest because they believe it represents corporate greed. a lot of companies clearly use the port to ship goods in and out of the country. the protesters at the same time are trying to show solidarity with union workers who drive the trucks and operate cranes here who they consider to be part of the 99%, not the 1% who the protesters call the rich. they have 3rd and adeline shut down. they tried to shut down 7th where we are. that didn't work. they would like to shut down west graham and maritime which is a main artery off the interstate but they don't have the manpower to pull it off.

>> thanks for that, bob. >> the rules committee of the oakland city council scheduling a special council meeting today. the meeting starts at 5:30 at oakland city hall. the purpose of the public forum is to seek input from the public regarding the occupy oakland demonstration. city council wants to hear from people affected by the demonstrations and develop a strategy for accommodating peaceful demonstrations to go forward. >> it's 5:37 now. the martinez school district is dealing with a string of threats targeting local schools. officials, police and parents meet tonight for a campus safety forum. it will be held at the alhambra high school library from 6:30 to 8:00 tonight. the man responsible for the threats is 36-year-old larry bantola. the antioch man was arraigned yesterday on 14 felony charges. prosecutors say he sent e-mails, letters and faxes to several county schools. a murder mystery in san francisco this morning, one man

is dead and another is in the hospital. police were called to a home on brook dale avenue last night and found a man on the street suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. he was pronounced dead at the scene. during the investigation, officers were notified a second victim walked into san francisco general hospital with gunshot wounds. his condition is unknown. anyone with information should call san francisco police. >> to go along with the weather christine lauren dropping a fashion forecast on us. maybe umbrellas, puffy coats. >> you will need to put the muscle shirt away, john, at least for a week. >> never! >> i'm sure you've got a puffy coat to make up for it. one degree from freezing in santa rosa. i'm not concerned about frost in the north bay, even with temperatures a degree above freezing. it's been so dry. relative humidities in the teens yesterday. if someone left the sprinklers on you could find frost.

it's been cold enough to freeze especially over metal or areas more conductive to temperatures. throughout the day today, temperatures aren't going to climb much. we end up in the 60s. i have eliminated the 70 from the forecast. we are two, three hours out from showers dropping into areas at ukiah and clear lake. sliding south by 1:00 p.m. p.m. showers today. take a look at the system. this is a significant dip in the jet stream. all the pockets of clouds here is an indication of a very cold air mass. you can see the cold core low right here, tightly wound dropping into the bay area. tonight and tomorrow, we head through friday and the jet stream is sitting over us making for a lot of instability. we could be watching for thunderstorms. today, gusty winds, intermittent showers and because it's cold and dry, snow levels from 6,000 to 3,500 feet. heavenly slated to open on the 18th. we'll talk about the sierra

nevada ski resorts. and we have more rain over the weekend. we'll get to the seven-day forecast in the next report. first the drive with mike. >> let's look at antioch. highway 4. this is a thursday, a heavier commute day. tuesday and thursday are heavier. we see slowing from hillcrest to loveridge. speeds into the 20s here. 680 northbound into walnut creek where the construction crew is clearing. slowing approaching the area and an accident southbound 680 at main. livermore, the drive in out of the altamount pass slow approaching greenville. no major incidents. on the peninsula, 101 in either direction toward san mateo, highway 92 at the limit. the peninsula, no problems. good news. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> 5:40 now. the case against michael jackson's personal physician is expected to wrap up today. >> and how soon you could be

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presidential candidate herman cain facing new allegations of sexual harassment this morning. now he's blaming one of his opponents for mounting a smear campaign against him. tracy pots joins us live from washington with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. he's blaming rick perry, the texas governor, saying first of all that perry has a consultant who used to work for cain and knew about the allegations and politico wrote the story around the same time the consultant worked for perry. perry denies anyone with association with his campaign had anything to do with this. perry said we learned about it in the news just like everybody else. and a pollster saw cain arrest a

woman at a restaurant in arlington, virginia, in the 90s. now there is a third woman who is accusing him from his time a the national restaurant association. reportedly saying he called her attractive, invited her to his corporate apartment but she decided not to file a claim against him. cain has been trying to avoid questions about this on the campaign trail. now one of his accusers wants to go public. she's bound by a confidentiality agreement. cain may have broken that already by talking about the incident. laura? >> interesting. thank you very much. 5:44 now. the case against the doctor accused of injecting pop singer michael jackson with a deadly dose of a powerful drug is nearing an end this morning. after four weeks of testimony, closing arguments are expected in the trial of dr. conrad murray. dr. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter and

negligence in jackson's june of 2009 death. if convicted, murray could be sentenced to four years in prison and lose his medical license. he never took the stand in his own defense. a new documentary about michael jackson will be out soon. concert promoter david geff made michael jackson the icon with the blessing of jackson's mother. he was in london last night with two of jackson's siblings for the premiere. it includes interviews with jackson's mother and other family members. it will be released on blu-ray and dvd. >> i'm curious about the cold wet weather we'll see. is that going to hang around or do we have a break? >> you'll get a break monday morning, your favorite day of the week, john kelly. >> thank you. >> he loves mondays. looking good. so far so good. no rain in the forecast yet. we expect the second half of the day to be unstable. 45 in livermore and 48 degrees

in fairfield. we have the low 30s in santa rosa. one degree above freezing in santa rosa. grab a jacket. bundle up the little ones. more cold air on the way. the cold front to the north of ukiah and clear lake. it continues to slide to the south. we are timing it out for you. this is a weak front in terms of moisture that it's packing. when it comes to cold air it's a mean system. all the pockets of clouds here, an indication of temperatures that will fall into the upper 20s as we head through saturday morning. that will be the coldest of the air as we head through the coming days. 9:00 a.m., we're starting to get showers through the north bay. the front slides through the south through 1:00 p.m. over the bay area. that's when you get your first showers. between 1:00 and 4:00, south bay gets wet. you could see a rough commute home. keep in mind after that we'll be off and on light activity until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. depending how much moisture we pick up and how warm we get, we

could see strong thunderstorms fire off. when it comes to snowfall, skiers and snow borders, i know you have been waiting for this. we'll pick up significant accumulations over tahoe. looking good there. maybe upwards of two feet. this isn't packing much moisture but enough to add to the slopes slated to open this month. today's highs, not warm. 65 in fremont. 67 in san jose. 62 in redwood city. grab your jacket, umbrella, especially if you're taking the little ones. make sure they have coverage. 62 degrees on friday. frosty saturday morning with temperatures in the 20s in the north bay. another round of rain moves through sunday reinforcing the cold air. that's not going to mix out all the way through weekend. we'll get the sunshine back but it will be cold with temperatures rounding out of the upper 50s on the coast and 60s inland. on the drive, how are we

looking? >> good changes for the south bay. all construction has cleared. 237 and 880. speed sensors showing you the northbound moving nicely throughout the south bay. heading up the lower peninsula, clear through palo alta up the dunebarton bridge. 280 rarely a problem. holding steady for today. a live look across the bay, 880 past the colosseum. high street construction cleared and no problems from here through downtown. in fact, from san leandro to the bay bridge toll plaza, clear in either direction. bart isn't reporting delays but 12th street station just in service. the entrances and exits at ogala and 14th are closed because of occupy oakland but transit has adjustments. go for the latest on the

changes. >> sad news this morning. the great white shark released by the monterrey bay aquarium died. since 2004 they have caught and released six young great whites putting them on display until they were too big for the exhibit. the latest shark was released into the pacific ocean. the aquarium said it died four days later. experts recovered its tracking device and will analyze the data. injured giants fan brian stowe has taken a big step toward his recovery. he can write his own name now. he was moved to a rehab facility last month. since then he's slowly been recovering movement and stamina. stowe was attacked in dodgers stadium. >> the nba lockout charged another victim. michael jordan was to be vice

captain of the team but he can't take time to help out the golf team. he was the vice captain in 2009 when the u.s. won the cup. captain fred couples said the former basketball superstar helped to motivate the troops. the president's cup will be played in australia. >> history was made on san francisco's ocean beach at the 7th annual rip curl pro search contest. the title for best surfer in the world belongs to a familiar name. that's surfing legend kelly slater. clinching his 11th world championship during yesterday's championship at ocean beach. slater holds the record for the youngest person to win the title back when he was 20. yesterday once again because he held the title again he became the oldest man to win it, now 40 years old and still doing it right. >> that's cool. the oldest and the youngest. >> exactly. >> 40 is still young. >> still looks like he can do it. thanks. i appreciate that. >> coming up, the great pumpkin

vandalized. what happened to the winner of this year's pumpkin contest. >> charlie brown will be mad. and an update on the conjoined twins separated by bay area doctsor doctor a pp h aas pemrobls.s with the new iphone.

welcome back, everyone. it's 5:53 now. the two san jose sisters separated at children's hospital are doing well this morning on their second morning in separate beds. little girls underwent a delicate ten-hour surgery on tuesday. we spoke to lead surgeon in our studio yesterday and received an update on their condition. >> they are still in intensive care, sedated, on ventilators but they are breathing spontaneously and making good progress. we had excellent imaging from

our radiology but there are unknowns. we had a spectacular anesthesia team that had to put to sleep two 2-year-old girls that are physically joined and everything is close together. >> they all work so closely together. this is the sixth time dr. gary hartman separated conjoined twins. he said each time it's different and the key to success is good planning. a brilliant doctor as well. a vegetable heist of gigantic proportions. some robbers cut into a massive pumpkin to steal the seeds. the pump pin weighed 1700 pounds. the pumpkin on display in san francisco was just 1400 pounds but the seeds are worth a lot of money, especially if they can produce the world's largest

pumpkin. investigators say they will review surveillance video to catch the seedy thieves. >>gine being the detective on that. >> pumpkin espionage. >> apple admits it has a problem. scott, lots of unhappy iphone users. >> 4s users see shorter battery life. it is suspected to be a software problem. there is a new version of the ios in hopes to solve the problem. developers get the new software before you do so they can double check it. we think it may be solved. illinois has decided to allow the state attorney general to question employees of san francisco bay's wells fargo over accusations the bank deliberately targeted minorities in illinois with ultra high subprime mortgage offers. mortgages they couldn't hope to pay back.

wells fargo points out the decision doesn't mean the bank is guilty, only that the judge is allowing the case to move forward. and yahoo has a new app out. they call it live stand. here you see pictures of it. it's the latest in the magazine apps that we have seen -- flip board, zyte, that kind of thing. >> you turned me on to those. >> the ipad is suited to read like a magazine. my favorite is flipboard but we'll give this one a try. it is available today and it's free. >> one of many cool things about the ipad is getting new gadgets and playing around. >> a new app, sit fun, playing around. no harm, no foul. >> if he says try it, it's worth it. laura? >> 5:56 now. still to come on "today in the bay" we follow the after math of protests in oakland. we have a live report coming up. and new accusations against the san francisco police department.

>> and we have a mean winter storm ready to pound the bay area. we'll see when it arrives, how much we are expecting and more importantly when it will end. nice weather for the second half of the weekend. that's coming up. >> and a problem with the roadway for the north bay. you're going to want to leave early or i will give you ro y ound verizon 4g lte. america's fastest and most reliable 4g network in over 160 cities. verizon. built so you can rule the air.

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